WIRE WATCH: Health Care Summitry; Crunchy Numbers; Transit Matters

Let’s Make a Deal: President Barack Obama will convene the much-anticipated White House summit today on health care at the Blair House. Republicans are expected to offer a handful of incremental measures at the summit including a six-point plan that seeks to curb malpractice lawsuits and an effort to prevent insurers from denying sick people coverage. However, their plan does not share the same end goal as the Democrats’ plan: to provide near-universal health care coverage to Americans. And yes, C-SPAN cameras are allowed in the room.

By the Numbers: Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf delivers remarks on the economy and the federal budget at a lunch today hosted by the National Economists Club.

Second Verse, Same as the First: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke returns to Capitol Hill today, this time before the Senate Banking Committee, for his semi-annual report to Congress. The panel is expected to press Bernanke on legislation being drafted by Chairman Chris Dodd and Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.) on a financial regulatory overhaul.

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